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OTD 850 years ago (Weds 30 Dec 1170) Thomas Becket's funeral is held in Canterbury Cathedral #Beecket850 #Becket2020. (Image from BL MS Harley 5102 fo. 17r, c. 1200) 
Robert de Broc had returned to the cathedral at dawn the morning after the murder, telling the monks that the land was rid of a traitor, and that if they did not bury the body quickly he would have it dragged around the city then thrown into a cesspit.
The monks remove Becket's clothes, finding his lice-ridden hair shirt underneath, and dress him in vestments. Some of his garments are given away to monks and clerics as keepsakes. The monks are in such a hurry that they do not wash or embalm the body, as they normally would.
